Miss Independent

Last week Campbell started washing her hands by herself. We hung a hook at her level in the bathroom so she can even reach/put up a towel by herself. And I thought I'd take advantage of her eagerness to help out by making her clear her plate after every meal. These things may not seem like a lot, but it has made meal time clean up so much easier! Yesterday Campbell surprised me by putting on her pull ups all by herself. Earlier this week she started putting on her dress shoes all by herself (shiny black mary janes with a velcro buckle) - so now she wants to wear those everywhere. And then today when I found her in her closet - she had picked out pants and put them on - the right way even! And was attempting to put on her own socks. It's nice to have her learning to do these things independently, but I find myself getting a little sentimental - I've done those things for her whole life up until now. Little baby steps to becoming a self sufficient person, I guess.